@barrydutton, some of my "intolerance" (if you wan to call it that) comes from years and years of moderating and being an admin in large web groups and forums... and becoming very aware of the distinct difference between those who authentically wish to contribute something, and those who simply post endless streams of pictures, quotes and mindless memes... all without any explanation, because they are nothing more than insecure attention whores. In systems that spools content by "latest contribution at the top" it clutters a group feed with nonsense.

I'm not advocating censorship, but I do have a measure of concern that "fluff" can drown out more in-depth content... which, in itself may not be such a problem... but I've seen it starting to annoy "serious" contributors, so they start leaving, and then we end up not with a balance but with only junk.

Sure it's an "attention based economy," but how about getting that attention for something worthwhile, rather than just blowing hit air?